Thursday, April 20, 2017

Report details decades of sex abuse at all-girls boarding school, Decades of sex abuse at top prep school

Report details decades of sex abuse at all-girls boarding school
By Joshua Rhett Miller April 19, 2017
An elite all-girls boarding school in New York has released a report detailing nearly seven decades of sexual abuse and misconduct, with both male and female educators accused of engaging in improper relationships with students.

The 127-page report released Tuesday spans misconduct at the Emma Willard School in Troy from the late 1950s through the 2015-16 academic year, including instances of rape, sexual assault and harassment, as well as the “grooming” of young women for affairs.

In all, more than 75 people from the Emma Willard community participated in what the authors of the report called a candid and “sobering account of alumnae experiences.”....

The report comes just days after the results of a similar investigation was released by officials at Choate Rosemary Hall, a boarding school in Connecticut.

The report is a response, in part, to allegations made last year by former student Kat Sullivan, who said she had been raped by a male teacher, Scott Sargent, in 1998. Sargent, according to the Boston Globe, was fired after the incident but later found a job at a private school in Connecticut and did not face charges in the alleged rape.

Investigation uncovers decades of sex abuse at top prep school
By Associated Press April 14, 2017
WALLINGFORD, Conn. — A new report names 12 former faculty and staff members at an elite Connecticut boarding school who allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct with students that went on for decades.

An investigator hired by Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford released the report Thursday that graphically recounts the alleged experiences of 24 former students.

Report details decades of sex abuse at all-girls boarding school
By Joshua Rhett Miller April 19, 2017
An elite all-girls boarding school in New York has released a report
detailing nearly seven decades of sexual abuse and misconduct, with both
male and female educators accused of engaging in improper relationships
with students.

The 127-page report released Tuesday spans misconduct at the Emma
Willard School in Troy from the late 1950s through the 2015-16 academic
year, including instances of rape, sexual assault and harassment, as
well as the “grooming” of young women for affairs.

In all, more than 75 people from the Emma Willard community participated
in what the authors of the report called a candid and “sobering account
of alumnae experiences.”....

The report comes just days after the results of a similar investigation
was released by officials at Choate Rosemary Hall, a boarding school in
Connecticut.

The report is a response, in part, to allegations made last year by
former student Kat Sullivan, who said she had been raped by a male
teacher, Scott Sargent, in 1998. Sargent, according to the Boston Globe,
was fired after the incident but later found a job at a private school
in Connecticut and did not face charges in the alleged rape.

Investigation uncovers decades of sex abuse at top prep school
By Associated Press April 14, 2017
WALLINGFORD, Conn. — A new report names 12 former faculty and staff
members at an elite Connecticut boarding school who allegedly engaged in
sexual misconduct with students that went on for decades.

An investigator hired by Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford released
the report Thursday that graphically recounts the alleged experiences of
24 former students.